Police said the pilot declared an emergency and turned the flight back around after the woman said she was having trouble breathing.
A Florida woman was taken into custody after she forced an early morning American Airlines flight to divert back to the airport shortly after takeoff by faking a medical condition in a bid to secure a bigger seat, authorities said.
The flight had taken off from Pensacola International Airport in Florida for Miami at 5.43 a.m. on Friday, but it landed back at the airport less than 45 minutes later after a female passenger claimed to have a medical issue, an airline spokesman confirmed toThe Pensacola Police Department said the pilot declared an emergency and turned the flight back around after the woman, who has not been named, said she was having trouble breathing, NBC News reported.
Officers from the department were called to Pensacola International Airport after the flight landed back there at around 6.30 a.m. and the woman admitted that she had made up the medical issue in order to get a bigger seat on the plane.reported that the entire plane had to be evacuated after the woman refused to get off the flight. But police officers and the pilot were eventually able to convince the woman to disembark.
The woman was taken into custody under Florida's Baker Act, which permits authorities to detain a person who they believe could pose an immediate threat to themselves or others, the
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